Elections

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Wall Street attorney Jay Clayton to head up the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trump transition team announced Wednesday. Clayton, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell law firm, is a noted specialist in public and private mergers and offerings.

General Barry McCaffrey tells NBC News that he was initially supportive of Donald Trump’s decision to name Lt. General Michael Flynn as his National Security Advisor. But, a closer look at Flynn’s social media use shows that he sent out at least 16 different fake (propaganda) news stories via social media and General McCaffrey pulled no punches, bluntly calling the tweets and stories “demented.”

According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Leon Circuit Court, it was Hillary Clinton who won the state of Florida, not Donald Trump. In an attempt to overturn the election results, Floridians have filed a motion for a recount in their state.